Synonyms and antonyms of To persuade someone to agree with or support you in British Thesaurus

persuade (verb)

to make someone believe that something is true

win over ()

to persuade someone to agree with you or to be friendly to you

woo (verb)

to try to persuade people to support you or to buy something from you, especially by saying and doing nice things

sway (verb)

to influence or change someone’s opinion

target (verb)

to try to persuade or to influence a particular group of people

talk round ()

to succeed in persuading someone to agree to something

bring round ()

to persuade someone to agree with you

carry (verb)

to persuade a number of people to support your ideas

reason with ()

to try to persuade someone to do something by explaining why you think it is sensible

to someone’s satisfaction/to the satisfaction of someone ()

to persuade someone that something is true

convert (verb)

to change your beliefs, especially your religious beliefs, or to persuade someone to do this

drum up ()

to try to make people support you or buy something from you

evangelise ()

a British spelling of evangelize

evangelize (verb)

to tell people about Christianity in order to persuade them to become Christians

get in with ()

to persuade someone who can help you to be your friend or to like you

get on ()

to persuade or choose someone to be part of a group

have someone eating out of your hand ()

to make someone like or admire you so much that they agree with everything that you say

impose (verb)

to force someone to have the same opinion, belief, etc as you

move (verb)

to persuade someone to change their opinion or decision, or to be persuaded to change yours

preach (verb)

to express a strong opinion and try to persuade other people to accept it

preach the gospel ()

to try to persuade people to accept something that you believe in very strongly

preach to the converted ()

to try to persuade people to accept opinions and beliefs that they already have, and that they do not need to know

propagandise ()

a British spelling of propagandize

propagandize (verb)

to try to influence people’s opinions and beliefs, especially by using false information

proselytize (verb)

formal to try to persuade people to share your religious or political beliefs

push (verb)

informal to try to make people buy a product or accept an idea

sweeten up ()

to be especially nice to someone so that they will agree to something that you want them to agree to